Mounted my buck last weekend
 

I play around with taxidermy some, just for myself not in the business. Too much extra work. I finally got around to mounting my 06 buck. Note the hole in his right ear. I still need to do the finish work, like paint the nose and around the eyes. But I thought iI would show he coming along

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Dude, you did that YOURSELF?? Incredible, very, very cool.

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very nice (respect) ;)

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Looks really good! Cant wait to see it when it is finished completely!

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I have a friend who does it full time. I spend enough time at his shop that I pretty much taught myself. I do have him tan my hides for me tho. Here is the before pic.

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very nice... How much did it cost you to do that? I have been want to experiment as well. I would like to try.... I have no experience or education in taxidermy. How hard is it? Be honest

steve

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what I want to know is how you start doing something like that in your spare time. I mean how did you learn. I think that looks pretty damn good.

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ok forget my previous post about how did you learn apparently we were typing at the same time

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I better not tell what the actual supplies cost.(trade secrets) Lets just say there is a lot more labor in it than the cost of the materials, very time consuming.

It really helps that I have seen it done hundreds of times at my buddies shop. Plus I have a couple of reference books to look at. To just start out with no experience would be kinda tuff.

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gotcha, i figured it would take a long time and from what I referenced it would have cost around $110? I dunno tho. But it would be fun to tinker with... Oh well, I guess ill pay someone :(Thanks

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Nice looking buck.

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That's pretty sweet! It'd be cool if you could help Mobow do that to his buck, but by the time he shoots one we'll all be old and decrepid.:D

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Ouch! Below the belt! hahahha

The buck looks good. Can't wait to see the finished mount!

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Great looking mount. Buck has some great character as well.

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lookin good

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Much respect.....he looks great!;)

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I agree cool looking mount

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Very nice looking mount. Great job.

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Based on the thread title.......I was relieved when I saw your response, germ.

:D

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looks very good!
Nice buck

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Very nice. That looks better than some professional jobs I've seen. I'm hoping to get into taxidermy a little bit this year. Seeing what you have done makes me want to do it more. Good job.

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it looks good

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Good job! I would love to do taxidermy justdon't havethe time.

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J ...is that difficult? I have thought about doing that myself since the cost is outrageous ....... it looks great!

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Its not really that hard, if you know what a deer is supposed to look like.:)
I was actually pleasantlysurprised at how my first couple of mounts turned out.

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NIce work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!